Descriptive Summary
Dawson, Cleo
Cleo Dawson Papers,
1972-1979
The collection
consists of manuscripts by Cleo Dawson, a Texas author.
S1527.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
2 boxes (2.0 linear
feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
Cleo Dawson is the well-known author of
She Came to the Valley, which was
published in 1943. It was later made into a movie. Born in 1902 in Oklahoma
City, she moved to Texas and attended school in Mission, Texas, a small town
close to McAllen. During her college years, she attended Baylor College,
Southern Methodist University (1922), and University of Kentucky. Miss Dawson
taught Spanish at the Mission High School. In 1926 she married and moved to
Lexington, Kentucky. In addition to writing, she worked as a guest psychologist
for a number of years appearing on the Merv Griffith Show.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains manuscripts of Cleo Dawson's works. They
include two screenplays, nine original manuscripts for four different novels
and their revisions and a thesis. Her thesis was on women prisoners in Kentucky
(1927).
Organization
The material is organized as Literary Productions.
Index Terms
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed.
Subjects (Persons)
Dawson, Cleo, 1902-
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life--Texas--Fiction
Texas--Fiction
Collection accession #(s):
2000-0175-X
Purchase, 2000
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Abel Ramirez, 2000
Preferred Citation
Cleo Dawson Papers, 1927-1979, Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
- Clay Reynolds Papers, 1895-2002 and undated
- Max Crawford Papers, 1938-2000 and undated
Collection Inventory
Literary Productions
1
1
"She Came to the Valley," Screenplay Manuscript with
associated correspondence,
1973-1975
1
2
"The Yaqui," Screenplay manuscript,
undated
1
3
"The Jeweled Cross: A Legend of Mexico," manuscript,
undated
1
4
"Mount Up With Wings," manuscript,
undated
1
5
"Wings of the Morning," manuscript,
undated
1
6
"The Naranjal," manuscript,
undated
1
7
"An He Came Home," manuscript,
undated
2
1
"And He Came Home," manuscript,
undated
2
2
"The Kingdom of the Sun," manuscript,
undated
2
3
"The Kingdom of the Sun," manuscript wiht penciled
notes,
undated
2
4
Untitled manuscript, probably "The Kingdom of the Sun,"
undated
M. A. Thesis
2
5
"Women Prisoners in Kentucky,"
1927
Scrapbook Materials
2
6
News clippings,
1979